A Stranger Stole the Seat I Paid Extra For and Laughed When I Asked Her to Move — Ten Minutes After Takeoff, My 10-Year-Old Stood Up and Silenced the Whole Cabin
“I know that.
I’m not saying it to excuse it.”
“No,” I said simply.
“It doesn’t.”
And she accepted that — took it without a single word of defense, which is a rarer thing than you would think.
Chapter 18 — Patience and Permission